All Season Gear by Ivan Ave

If there is a space in this place for a voice of this age, it’s still sealed in wax. Above the din of the noise a vocal appears, in calm reflection, it delivers a message of hope in a time of despair. Ivan Ave is back. A lot has transpired since we last heard him on a full-length project, there’s a lot to ponder as we get into his latest LP, All Season Gear.

On his 4th solo album, Ivan offers a glimpse into the various seasons he and his friends went through in the last three years. All Season Gear was recorded on highs and lows through a pandemic, through healing, falling in love and observing the chaos that is the hyper-textual information age. Lyrically an all-weather-proof record, breaking even with with a joie de vivre, backed by production from the likes of Sasac, Mndsgn, Like, DJ Harrison and Ivan Ave himself.

The Norwegian rapper’s sixth solo release percolates between desperation and buoyancy, through a tide of beats, as Ivan taps into his signature observations. His lyrics are an astute surveillance that exploit the mundane in a pensive exploration, touching on hedonistic heights, with a constant focus on the beauty of the everyday.

The Mutual Intentions mouthpiece breezes through a record of wistful sonorities brought together by the larger Mutual intentions collaboration. Keys swell and bass undulates, as the production convene on vintage aesthetics, repurposed for air-pod traveling. It extends the sonic palette of his last LP, Double Goodbyes, and plunges the sound deeper than ever before.

Ivan Ave reinforces our vision of him as a voice for our time. A philosopher’s touch-stone in a world where the incongruous prevails over the sincere.
credits
released March 10, 2023

Executive production, arrangements and lyrics by Ivan Ave. All vocals mixed by Deckdaddy and Ivan Ave. Mastered by Christian Obermayer at Strype. Ivan Ave logo design by Hans Jørgen Wærner. Artwork by William Stormdal at Smuss. Photography by Mohamed Chakiri and Jan Tore Eriksen.

R U (Gonna Eat That)
Produced by Ivan Ave.
Keyboards by BK Kylland.
Bass by Martin Stapnes.
Additional vocals by Sarah Nærø, Zee & Nedja.
Additional mixing by Heine Aabø.

Bread
Produced by Ivan Ave.
Keyboards by BK Kylland.
Bass by Martin Stapnes.
Additional vocals by Sarah Nærø, Zee & Nedja.
Additional mixing by Heine Aabø.

Post
Produced by Fredfades.
EWI (trumpet synth) by Kristoffer Eikrem.
Additional vocals by Nedja.

Don’t F*k Up (Interlude)
Produced by Ivan Ave.
Bass by Magnus Falkenberg.
Ambience by the lovely people at Hootananny Brixton 05.05.22.
Live recording by Sam Mitchell.
Mixed by Deckdaddy.

Sweet
Produced by Ivan Ave.
Additional keys by DJ Harrison & Kristoffer Eikrem.
Bass by Martin Stapnes.
Ambience by the lovely people at Hootananny Brixton 05.05.22.
Live recording by Sam Mitchell.

Pre
Produced by Sasac.
Additional vocals by Zee.
Mixed by Deckdaddy.

ASG (Interlude)
Produced by Mndsgn.
Additional keys by Kristoffer Eikrem.

Inthecut
(feat. Children of Zeus)
Produced by Mndsgn.
Additional keys by Kristoffer Eikrem.

What a Day!!!
Produced by Mndsgn.
Additional vocals by Zee & Nedja.

Orbit
(feat. MoRuf, Zee & Jay Prince)
Produced by Sasac.
Mixed by Deckdaddy.

All Season
Produced by Like & Ivan Ave.
Additional vocals by Like.
Additional bass by Martin Stapnes.
Additional keys by BK Kylland.

Gear
Produced by Sasac.
Additional vocals by Sara Nærø, Zee & Nedja.

Unpack
Produced by Sasac & Ivan Ave.
Additional keys by Kristoffer Eikrem.
Additional vocals by Sara Nærø, Zee & Nedja.